HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081246720
Bassin · #1081246720
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Kiteto, Simanjiro
Sub-basin area
995,1km²
Upstream area
995,1km²
Discharge
2,4m³/s
Mean elev.
1 228m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 738.2 km²74.5% of basin
- 252.6 km²25.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Talamai O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
682.75 km² overlap
Kitwai GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
0.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 16 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,2°C
Annual rain
636mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
77mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
538mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
392cm
Forest
1%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)